Effect of slope and sciatic nerve injury on ankle muscle recruitment and hindlimb kinematics during walking in the rat

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1007-1016

  Sabatier, Manning J ^a,b   Ngoc To, Bao ^a   Nicolini, Jennifer ^a   English, Arthur W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG activity; Global limb vector; Locomotion; Peripheral nerve injury; Principal components analysis (PCA)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HINDLIMB; INJURY; MUSCLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HINDLIMB; MUSCLES; POSTURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; TARSUS, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79951981188     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.051508     Document Type: Article

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